英文摘要 |
A key feature of the 2019 Curriculum Guidelines: Civics and Society is the unprecedented presentation of its learning content as questions. Question-format course guidelines are designed to echo the inquiry-based learning highlighted by the new curriculum guidelines. Textbooks are crucial to actualizing the spirit of inquiry emphasized in the curriculum guidelines. The current study proposed an analytical framework that integrates the social inquiry items of the new curriculum guidelines and the inquiry model of the United States’C3 framework. On the basis of this analytical framework, the current study investigated whether and how textbooks implement inquiry-based learning. Content and text analyses were performed to analyze various civics and society textbooks. The results indicate that the numbers of questions in these textbooks are higher than those in previous ones and that the increased use of questions demonstrates an intention to guide students in exploring through questions. However, the following three shortcomings of these textbooks were identified: (1) a lack of opportunities for argument creation during lesson reviews, (2) weak connections with course knowledge and concepts because of excessively broad referential ranges, and (3) insufficient focus on argumentation ability when viewpoint diversity is emphasized. |